Last week I published a blog post about graphic novel math, in which I offered solutions to help comic artists and their publishers design healthier graphic novel schedules. This week a comic artist shared my post on Bluesky to say…
Friends who know me know that I go on and on about toxic graphic novel schedules in the traditional publishing industry. And this is a hard problem to prevent without publisher support. It’s ultimately the publisher who sets the production…
Once you start learning about the contribution of Black artists to animation you quickly discover how Black contributions have been erased. I’ll give you an example. Back in the 90s Disney would do these specials about the making of their…
This one goes out to the artists trying to make it in the professional world. Don’t take that gig. Let me elaborate. Artists, no matter where you are in your career, no matter how desperately you need a paycheck, you…
This Friday is my last day on Disney Junior’s Ariel, the production I’ve been working on for the past two and a half years. As of next Monday, I’ll be on the job market! I decided to jot down a…
I always mean to check in on the old blog more than I do. I get caught up in day-to-day activities. Lately I am amused by the tenacity of a pair of American robins that decided to build their nest…